beheld
Example Sentences
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The uprising is a sight to behold, and this summer I went to Albania and beheld it.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026
She hiked uphill from her riverside worksite and beheld a vista of sheer mountain slopes unbroken by rivers or streams.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 1, 2024
Howsare argues that what Europeans beheld was the opposite of paradise — in fact “a landscape in crisis.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 27, 2023
When we first beheld our most important Wolf-Rayet target, a star designated WR 104, on a computer monitor, it was a shimmering spiral that resembled a weirdly distorted Christmas bauble.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 18, 2023
Now they beheld more than they experienced, observing how it was a lot like Shanghai, only newer.
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
